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あえて
います
もし
われわれ
我々
そんなことすれば
たいへん
大変
あやま
おか
ことなる
わたし
おも
います

At the risk of sticking my neck out, I think that if we do that, we're making a big, big mistake.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
1. purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); deliberately; intentionally  (often written with kana only)
2. not necessarily; not particularly; not especially  (used with neg. verb; often written with kana only)
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0
1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
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if; in case; supposing  (often written with kana only)
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0
Most common form: 我我
we
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0
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of  (see also: あんな, こんな, どんな)
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2
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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2
expression
if so; in that case; in that situation  (see also: 為る)
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0
1. very; greatly
2. immense; enormous; great
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3 4 0
noun
error; mistake; slip; bug
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2 0
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to make (e.g. mistake)
2. to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to transgress; to contravene
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1
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain  (often written with kana only)
2. to result in; to prove to be
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0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to think; to consider; to believe  (想う has connotations of heart-felt)
2. to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
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Kanji
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ガ   I; myself   われ    わが-    
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tasseled spear
hand
(kanji repetition symbol)   
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ヘン   unusual   かえる to alter, change   かわる to change   
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go
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また again; also   
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セキ   シャク   あか    あか red   あからむ to turn red   あからめる to blush   
ゴ   error   あやま to err, to make a mistake   
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ゴ    give; Wu dynasty of China   
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shelf
table
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ハン   crime   おか to commit a crime   
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ケン   いぬ dog   
seal
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
シ   おも to think   
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シン   こころ heart   
デン   た rice field   
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